She knew how to work both ostrich-feather fans and the nation’s media--who helped make Sally Rand a skinternational figure when the stripper appeared at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933 with her fan dance and a tribute to Lady Godiva. (That latter stunt got her arrested.) Sally didn’t invent the striptease, but she made it part of our culture--and continued to stalk the stage as she aged into a little old churchgoer. But it could’ve gone differently if the petite performer didn’t have a lisp...